Interest Group System Psychodynamics of Organisations presents...

Social Dream Drawing in Group Coaching: Finding your answer in a dream of the other

This half-day workshop explores an adaptation of Rose Mersky's Social Dream Drawing (SDD) methodology for group coaching contexts. Originally developed as a research method for accessing transitional dynamics, SDD has been transformed into a powerful coaching intervention that facilitates deep engagement with professional dilemmas through collective exploration of dream images.

The theoretical component of this workshop will trace the method's evolution from research tool to coaching practice, demonstrating how it complements other group coaching tools. Drawing from experiences with coaches-in-training, female leaders, and business managers, we will examine how the structured engagement with dream drawings creates a rich symbolic language within coaching groups and enables rapid access to deeper levels of understanding.

Participants will be introduced to a six-stage coaching process that moves from individual dream presentation through group association to explicit connections with coaching goals. The method's unique value in tracking transformational progress through changes in symbolic expression will be illustrated through case examples. System psychodynamics and socio-analytics informs this methodology.

WORKSHOP BENEFITS

• To be introduced to Social Dream Drawing as an approach for working with professional dilemmas in group coaching settings.
• To see how dream images and dream drawings support deep collective exploration and create a shared symbolic language in coaching groups.
• To be walked through a six-stage coaching process that links individual dream material, group association and explicit coaching goals.
• To experience firsthand how the method allows simultaneous engagement with individual and collective dynamics in a contained group setting.
• To reflect on where this approach could complement existing group coaching and leadership development practices.

EVENT INFORMATION

• DATE: 12 March 2026
• TIME:  13h00 - 16h00
• LOCATION: Zoom Online
• CPD: 3 Clinical CEU

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

• Ekaterina Shapovalova 

Ekaterina holds Master’s degrees in Management (Leeds University Business School, UK) and Psychology (Higher School of Economics, Moscow), and is currently a Doctoral student at the Tavistock and Portman. She is a Senior Lecturer at Higher School of Economics, where she teaches Psychoanalysis of Organisations and Neuropsychoanalysis. Ekaterina is a Certified Professional Business Coach and Supervisor and has worked for over ten years as a psychodynamic coach and business consultant with private and corporate clients, as well as a methodologist and group coach in various corporate leadership development programmes.

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